Ions Harold Fusilier 4449243
Personnel Entry
Name Ions Harold
Army number 4449243
Rank Fusilier
Decorations
Date of birth Date not yet known.
Age 32
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - dates not known. Transferred to, or re-enlisted in, the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 15/7/1945 at Ransang, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
Company/Battery Y Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
Died/Killed in action DIED 15/7/1945 of Dysentery at Ransang.
Home address No family information available other than that mother lived at 191 New Road, Dagenham, Essex. Details of initial interment not known. Re-interred in grave 3.A.15. Chungkai War Cemetery.
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